Raureka

Raureka
Suburb
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Coordinates: 39°38′45″S 176°49′45″E / 39.64583°S 176.82917°E / -39.64583; 176.82917
CountryNew Zealand
CityHastings
Local authorityHastings District Council
Electoral ward
  • Hastings-Havelock North General Ward
  • Takitimu Māori Ward
Area
[1]
 • Land212 ha (524 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
5,720
Camberley St Leonards
Raureka
 Hastings Central
Longlands Akina

Raureka is a suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

The suburb has three council-owned parks: Ebbett Park, St Leonards Park and Whenua Takoha Reserve.[3] Raureka locals established a campaign in 2018 to stop the council selling part of Ebbett Park to developers.[4]

Raureka has a community hub with community gardens based at Raureka School.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Wiltshire, Laura (11 February 2019). "Hastings Council to discuss future of Raureka parks". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Hawke's Bay Today.
  4. ^ Wiltshire, Laura (18 December 2018). "Hastings residents start petition to save Ebbett Park". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Hawke's Bay Today.
  5. ^ Brown, Duncan (26 July 2016). "Raureka community initiative applauded". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Hawke's Bay Today.